For more than two decades, Des Peres resident Michelle Moffat has worked as an inpatient surgical nurse, a rewarding career that’s given her a front-row seat to the spectrum of the human condition: fear and pain, hope and healing, life and death. Or as any nurse will tell you, any given shift.
They’re heroes aren’t they, our front line health care workers? And that was before COVID-19. Eleven months in and it’s not a stretch to say we have hit a pandemic wall, from vaccination frustration to February fatigue. If you ever think you can’t keep going, talk to a nurse.
“Sure, I was scared and anxious at first because there was so much unknown,” said Moffat, who works for BJC Healthcare at Missouri Baptist Hospital and has had eight negative COVID-19 tests. “But I wanted to help …
Read the rest of the column in the Feb. 26, 2021, issue of Webster-Kirkwood Times.
Joan J Zilch
March 4, 2021 at 9:56 amNailed it again Leslie! I saw my own daughter, ER nurse, Clare sacrifice so much in the last year, including her dream wedding and Italy honeymoon. She handled it with much grace and acceptance. She prioritized the health (mental as well as physical) and well being of her family, friends, co-workers and patients. I am so proud of the woman she has become.